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Your Top 5 Killer Mac Apps?

VLC - play anything!
iTunes - duh
Firefox - I use the beta 2.0, it's working great as an everyday browser
Mactheripper/DVD2one/Toast - 3 steps to perfect DVD copies
Mail - I miss this the most when I'm in XP
 
well I don't think any of my apps have gone out and killed.
Sometimes photoshop gets a little depressed and attempts suicide, but that's not really killing now is it?
Although maybe Quark has killed, I mean I have no proof, but I just don't trust that guy...;)
 
In no particular order, and I have to cheat:

1. WriteRoom and/or Ulysses and/or TextMate, though WriteRoom doesn't quite like dual monitor setups...
2. Delicious Library
3. Growl
4. CoverFlow and/or MenuTunes
5. Apple's built-in systemwide services (Spell Checking, Dictionary, etc, etc, etc) there's nothing really quite as exquisite.

EDIT: I'm not sure how people can label Firefox as a Macintosh killer app as it's available on almost any platform. If a person were to list Firefox, I'd think Camino would be a better fit as it fits into OS X's mold much, much, much better, being that it's Cocoa.
 
I suddenly have a new one.

MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.0 :D

EDIT:
All those seem to be really popular on these lists, and all of them are multi-platform. The point of this thread is just to say which 5 apps you like/use the most. I don't think they need to be mac-specific.
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I understand the point of the thread; I wasn't criticizing anyone about Firefox. Heck, I listed some cross-platform apps. My point was specific toward Firefox, though. The products you listed either are Cocoa-enabled or have no Cocoa alternatives. iTunes and Photoshop, being that they began on the Mac platform and, in some ways, offer a higher standard of usability apart from their Windows counterparts, are exempt.

Firefox, though, is cross-platform and poorly executed on OS X, while Camino takes advantage of all that makes OS X special.
 
michaelrjohnson said:
This is almost my identical set.

(Finally, another Smultron-lover!!!)
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I love Smultron! When I first got my Mac, I used jEdit, but it sucked pretty bad. It was slow, and just wasn't very intuitive. Smultron, on the other hand, is what all Mac applications should strive to be.
 
Firefox: Because Internet Explorer and Safari don't cut it.

Fire: Because iChat doesn't have MSN and AIM support.

Azureus: Torrents are good. :).

Quicktime: Because I have 50GB of music on my Windows computer accessed through an FTP, Firefox, and the Quicktime plugins.

Snood: Because it's Snood.
 
Won't list Adium since this has been mentioned a gazillion times by now... ;)

Cyberduck in conjunction with...
subEthaEdit for the great work flow when coding PHP websites
iTunes Honestly, now that I finally let it control my music folder, it unfolds all of its power
CocoModX The best Amiga MOD player out there, only topped by DeliPlayer (which is PC only)

I am tempted to also putting Quicksilver in the list, but I only tested it since yesterday... great app so far, though. :cool:
 
Does anybody have a suggestion for a decent CVS client for OS X?

I currently just use the CLI, but it would be nice to have a GUI for it. :)
 
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